Stadium: Red Bull Arena
UEFA Champions League football match, group stage, Group E, Tuesday evening, 25 October 2022 Salzburg, second placed in the group, welcome the “Blues”, the crowd leader, who have the most points. 1 point
Salzburg are still unbeaten at UCL this year. The last game was a 1-1 draw with Dinamo Zagreb, where they are in second place in the standings, while at home they drew 0-0 with Sturm Graz.
Chelsea are unbeaten in 8 consecutive games, including all competitions. In the UCLA Cup, they held the lead of the group. In the last game they beat Milan 2-1, in the league they drew 1-1 at home with Manchester United.
Opening the 10-minute halftime, “Sing the Blues” worked a hair’s breadth from Kepa Arrizabalaga’s short-ball shot. Noah Okafor is pushed back into the penalty area but luckily a friend came to help him trap him and left him in time.
At 15 ‘Salzburg continues to invade with a nice coordinated rhythm. Noah Ocafor picks up Luka Suzic to take the lead on the left side of the penalty area. Unfortunately the shot is not good. The feet slide on the beams
But then, on 23 ‘, Chelsea took the lead 1-0 from the right cross, the ball fell into the scrum in the penalty area, the Salzburg defensive line returned to the 18-yard line, Theo Kovacic intervenes with a single boom a left and fits into two beautiful poles.
Four minutes later, from a corner kick on the right, Conor Gallagher swung the ball forward 6 yards to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to overturn the rebound, Maximilian Weber, at the end of the hand, Fi. Lipp Kehn took off the line.
At 32 ‘the visiting team loses a golden ball opportunity to resolve the most beautiful pressing: Kai Havertz moves to collect the ball on the left, dragging it up to cross for Aubameyang to attract the target in front of the 6-yard box Save Philippe Kehn
15 minutes before the end of the opening match, the exchange was fun. Salzburg went first on Noah Okafor’s long-range shot, hitting Kepa Arrizabalaga before Kai Havee. Gartz headed the entire 6-yard area to save, Philippe Kehn is incredible.
45 + 1 minute injury time, “Sing the Blues” missed an incredible score, Raheem Sterling fell into the penalty area on the left side to set. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fits into his right hand and thrusts the first post on the tip of his hand. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang narrowly lost
First Half ends, Salzburg 0, Chelsea 1
Starting from the second half, only 3 minutes, Salzburg hoped for a whisker to equalize from Mateo Kovacic’s pace, unfortunately the ball bounced off the ground, got back up, hit the arm in the penalty area, the referee had to wait the VA check In the end, R did not take a penalty.
Subsequently, in the 49th minute, the locals followed the draw -1 until from the rhythm of the counterattack on the left, Maximilian Weber ran away to cut the curve in the penalty area, crossed to the far post by Junior Adamu who set his foot in charge Bounces to the ground, Kepa Arrizabalaga, tungsten net.
At 52 ‘the reaction of the visiting team, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang uses the speed to cut in front of Amar Dedic to strike again, still stopped with Philippe Kehn to close the corner block in time.
From continuous rhythm, corner kick on the left, ball that curves on the near post in the head, Mateo Kovacic, horns, changes direction, darting towards the far post, Junior Adamu retires to help the defense game, throwing him off the line .
In the 64th minute, “Sing the Blues” came out to take the 2-1 lead again Christian Pulisic picked up the ball on the right, spun off the back line of Salzburg before the sign was set for Kai Havertz to get a spinning top. , choose the farthest pillar, check the curve under the beam as Philippe Kehn can only look.
The rest of the time, Salzburg finished in full swing with Noah Ocafor and fragrant replacement Benjamin Zesco, but failed to beat Kepa Arriza. Sticky and sticky helps save them all.
After that, no more goals, the game ends, Salzburg 1, Chelsea 2.
List of players on the field
Salzburg (4-3-1-2): Philippe Kehn – Amar Dedic, Bernardo, Strainja Pavlovic, Maximilian Verber – Marius Kirgaard, Lucas Goo, Irna-Duat, Nicolas Sewald – Luka Zusic – Junior Adamu, Noah Okafor
Chelsea (3-4-1-2): Kepa Arrizabalaga – Trevoh Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella – Christian Pulisic (Cesar Azpilicuetan .75), Mateo Kovacic (Ruben Loftus-Cheek 68) – Jorginho, Raheem Sterling (Mason Mount 88) – Köne Gallagher (Hakim Ziyech, 88) – Kai Havertz, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Armando Broya, ’75)
Referee: Sandro Charer (Switzerland).
